Noel Kiko Gonzalez remembers...

I grew up next to Andrew Caturano in the Bronx, where your father would come and rehearse when he was about 19. I know your aunt Francine. I went on a date with her once to see your father play John Lennon in Beatlemania and he took me backstage and introduced me as Johnny Mathias's son. I was there in 1976 when shaved his head bald and dressed in farmers pants with shoulder straps. He was years ahead of Lady Gaga. I played bass with him a few times. But I always remember the time he lost his phone with all his numbers. He sent me an email congratulating me and telling me how proud he was that the kid who use to sit and watch him practice was now going on tour with J-Lo. That was a great moment in my musical career for him to acknowledge me. Yes, I knew your dad.